Open lecture: Expanding Agency and Decolonisation with Luce Beeckmans

Part of a series of events in the project Expanding Agency: Women at Work in Modern Architecture, organised by S&A, PAF and KU Leuven. Expanding Agency and Decolonisation, a lecture by Luce Beeckmans, is part of a series of events in the project Expanding Agency: Women at Work in Modern Architecture, organised by S&A, PAF and KU Leuven. By learning from historical perspectives, we explore how the work of women and people of color, often invisible in architectural history, shapes our architecture and cities today. In this second open lecture, Prof. Luce Beeckmans discusses the relationship between architecture, urbanism, and decolonisation. Using historical and contemporary examples, she deconstructs how colonial legacies have shaped and continue to shape the built environment and architectural knowledge today. The lecture then explores how decolonial perspectives challenge established ways of designing, researching, and teaching architecture, while opening space for more plural histories, voices, and futures. By reconsidering whose histories are told, whose knowledge counts, and whose spatial practices are recognised as “architecture”, decolonial thinking urges us to expand our notion of agency within the field. More info about the event. Tickets 5€ student / 10€ regular / 15€ support ticket/ Free ticket (pay what you can) Everyone is welcome to join this conversation. No prior knowledge is needed. We create a warm, open space where every voice is welcome. This ticket also gives you access to the poster exhibition Expanding Agency - Reframed. Accessibility • The event will be held in English. We will do our best to offer ad hoc (whisper) translations if needed. • The space where the conversation will take place (second floor) is unfortunately not accessible by elevator. Please contact us ([email protected]) so that we can provide adequate assistance.